Kevin Gilbert – Troy Manitee Men Without Pat, Live At The Ventura Theater 1991 (2024) mp3+flac

In 2022 the Estate of Kevin Gilbert launched an extensive release schedule of archived recordings from Kevin Gilbert consisting of 12 releases all limited to 300 copies each. On September 17, 2024 they released volume 7 in the series “Troy Manitee: Men Without Pat – Live At Ventura Theater 1991”. The release is from the tour Kevin Gilbert did to promote the “Toy Matinee” album released in 1990. The title is intended puns as Kevin Gilbert used to refer to the band as Troy Manitee and on the tour Gilbert was the only member of the original band performing. In fact the tour ended because of a legal action taken by band co-founder Pat Leonard.

Toy Matinee received no initial promotion or support from the record label, and did not tour due to prior commitments of most band members. Pratt joined Pink Floyd as bassist on the A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour, while Leonard produced and recorded Roger Waters’ Amused to Death album in London. With the other band members, guitarist Tim Pierce and drummer Brian MacLeod, already being in demand for session work, this left Gilbert as the only original Toy Matinee member who was able or willing to tour to boost album sales and make up for the debt.

Consequently, four months after the album’s release with virtually no sales, Gilbert convinced the label’s promotion department to allow him to take the album on the road. Initially he and guitarist Marc Bonilla (whom Gilbert would work extensively with in the early 1990s) toured local Los Angeles area radio stations in November of 1990. The growing resonance sparked the demand for a band to play live shows, for which they attracted bassist Spencer Campbell, drummer Toss Panos, and his soon-to-be-girlfriend keyboardist Sheryl Crow. Leonard expressed no interest in being part of an ensemble that involved replacing so many of the original members.
The first live performance of this touring incarnation was the annual Mark and Brian Christmas Show on December 17, 1990. They then did a western U.S. concert tour in the spring of 1991 until they were forced by Pat Leonard to end the tour.

Artist: Kevin Gilbert
Album: Troy Manitee Men Without Pat, Live At The Ventura Theater 1991
Year: 2024´
Label: The Estate Of Kevin Gilbert
Style: Prog Rock, Power Pop
Format: mp3/320, flac (tracks, cue, log, 44.1kHz/16bit)

Tracklist
01 Intro 1:28
02 Last Plane Out 4:58
03 Talk: A Different Vibe 0:35
04 Things She Said 5:04
05 Remember My Name 5:42
06 Talk: Mosaic And Mark And Brian 0:39
07 There Was A Little Boy 7:01
08 Talk: Band Intros 1:13
09 Queen Of Misery 4:20
10 Talk: From The Record 0:54
11 Turn It On Salvador 6:17
12 Talk: This Is A Capo 1:08
13 The Ballad Of Jenny Ledge 5:53
14 Talk: Title Cut 0:08
15 The Toy Matinee 5:11
16 Encore 0:12
17 Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding / Burn Down The Mission 7:10
18 Encore 2 0:48
19 Talk: The El Paso Incident 1:31
20 We Always Come Home 4:49
21 Talk: The Bow 0:35

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